Check this out … Im new to this as my daughter was diagnosed just a year ago but I get excited with I hear any success with curing diabetes in mice and monkeys.
http://www.fox2now.com/videobeta/?watchId=ff6c32f2-e7c1-4275-bf30-9bf4846b95a5
You may be interested in Living Cell Technology’s research http://www.lctglobal.com/Product-Pipeline/Diabecell/. They’re in Phase II of human trials using encapsulated porcine cells.
An obstacle is controlling the autoimmune response that attacks beta cells that causes T1 to begin with.